Re:Radha&Rukmini

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Ramaya Rama Bhadraya Ramachandraya Vedase

Raghunathaya Nathaya Seetaya Pataye Namah

 

Manmano Bhista Vardam, Sarvabhista PhalaPradam

Purundara Gurum Vande, Dasa Shrestam Dayanidhim

 

Dear Vishnu Bhakthas

A lot has been written in these

columns regarding beauty, Radha,

Rukmini and et’al.

 

My Pranams to the Sri Krishna Bhakthi in

Sow.Kalaiveni who triggered this beautifull

discussion.

 

Have you heard of somebody more beautifull than Radha,

and Rukmini.

I would like to share something which

most of you must be knowing.

During Samudra Manthanam ( churning

of the Ocean) both Suras and Asuras

were sweating it out to get Amritha

from the Ocean. Lot of things came

out of the Ocean. Including the great

poison, which Mahadeva saved the

world by drinking it .

But behold what came subsequently

stunned and surprised even Mahalakshmi .

Lord Vishnu appeared in the from of a beautifull

woman with Amritha in his hands.

On seeing this beautifull manifestation of Sri Hari,

his consort Mahalaksmi ,for a moment ,felt why does

he need me, when he himself can assume

such a beautifull form.

As usual the Asuras due to there

Manda Buddi did not recognize

this form of Sri Hari. The Suras

who recognized this form of Sri Hari

bowed to him and prayed.The Suras

were in turn blessed by Sri Hari

by offering them the Amritha.

 

So here is the beautifull manifestation

Of Sri Hari, which surpassed the

beauties of Rukmini and Radha.

 

Sri KrishnArpana Mastu

NS Gururaj

 

 

 

 

 

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At 10:50 PM 2/16/02 -0800, you wrote:

>Ramaya Rama Bhadraya Ramachandraya Vedase

>Raghunathaya Nathaya Seetaya Pataye Namah

>

>Manmano Bhista Vardam, Sarvabhista PhalaPradam

>Purundara Gurum Vande, Dasa Shrestam Dayanidhim

>

>Dear Vishnu Bhakthas

>A lot has been written in these

>columns regarding beauty, Radha,

>Rukmini and et'al.

>

Dear SrI Gururaj Rao :

 

Thanks for your nice postings . I would like to point out

a correction to your narration on amrutha MaTanam .

It was Lord Dhanvanthri,who arose out of the Milky Ocean

with amrutha Kalasam .

 

Mohini avathAram was later. She used Her charm to

cheat the asurAs out of their share of amrutham

and gave it away exclusively to the dEvAs.

 

Here is the sequence of the events as told

by Srimath BHaagavatham:

 

When the Lord single handedly churned the milky ocean ,

MahA Lakshmi arose . In a svayamvaram , She chose

SrIman NaarAyaNan as Her consort.

 

Next arrived VaaruNi Devi , who is synonymous with

intoxication and Taamasa GuNam and the aurAs accepted her .

AsurAs did not become the object of the mercy of

MahA Lakshmi.

 

After VaaruNI dEvi, Dhanvanthri BhagavAn arose out of

the milky ocean carrying the Amrutha Kalasam :

 

utthishtan MahArAja PURUSHA: PARMAADHBHUTHA:

 

amrutha poorNa kalsam Bhibhrath valaya bhUshitha:

 

SA VAI BHAGAVATHA: SAAKSHAATH VISHNORAMSA SAMBHAVA:

DHANVANTHARIRITHI KHYAATHO AAYURVEDA-DHRUGIJYA-BHAAK

 

Srimath BhAgavatham : 8.8.31, 34, 35 excerpts

 

(meaning): Out of the milky ocean arose a MahA Purushan

of exquisite beauty and divinity. He held in His hand

the PoorNa Kalasam containing amrutham. He had a KankaNam

on His wrist and was adorning exquisite aabharaNams .

He is an amsam of SrIman NaarAyaNan and incarnated as

Dhanvanthri .He is the author of Aayur Vedam and

shares Havis in Yaagams with DevAs.

 

The awe struck and greedy asurAs snatched the amrutha

kalasam from the hands of Dhanvanthri,who let that

happen and disappeared form their middle.DevAs prayed

to the Lord for help , since they could not overcome

the asurAs in the ensuing fight. SrIman NaarAyaNan

promised to help the DevAs.

 

Immediately , Bhagavan took on the form of a most beautiful

girl and appeared before the asurAs and the dEvAs. The AsurAs

immediately forgot all about the amrutha kalasam and began

to run after this Mohini . Bhagavatham salutes the Mohini

avathAram of the Lord as " sarvAvaya Sundarai". AsurAs

asked the bewitching Mohini as to who She is and being

intoxicated with Her beauty asked Her with great trust

to distribute the amrutham that they had snatched form

Dhanvanthri's hands in a fair manner betwene the dEvAs

and the asurAs. Mohini warned the asurAs not to trust Her

and the asurAs overcome by the blinding beauty of Mohini

handed over the amrutha kalasam to Mohini . The Lord taking

the Mohini Roopam decided not to give the asurAs the nectar

since they did not have devotion to Him from birth and did not

want them to live forever as Youth and free from death.

The asurAs did not perfom SaraNAgathi to the Lord unlike

the dEvAs and the Lord decided to prevent them from

getting any share of the life giving nectar. Out of

their attraction for the beauty of Mohini , the asurAs

did not question Mohini and soon there was no more

nectar left in the Kalasam for them. BhagavAn took

on His own Roopam now .The asuraas recognized that

they have been cheated and began to quarrel with

the dEvAs. The Lord appeared on the back of Garudan

and routed the army of asurAs and protected the dEvAs,

His devotees.

 

Thus , we have to attribute the bringing of

amrutha Kalasam from the miky ocean by Dhanvanthri

and the subsequent distribution of the amrutham from that

Kalasam to the Lord appearing as Mohini .

 

Amrutha MaTana-VaibhavAya SrIman NaarAyaNAya Nama:

V.Sadagopan